Successful business people are those who recognize that, while
failure is a fact of life and a learning opportunity, the result is not pleasant.
Rising sea levels and more weather - related disasters will
be a fact of life on this planet for decades to come, and we have to get ready for them.
Most likely periodic droughts and high fire risks will
always be a fact of life, exactly as natural climate change predicts.
Yes,
bugs are a fact of life in the summertime in the south; we're happy to hear you understand that and we hope to see you back again very soon!
Maintaining software: Because new attacks on new (or old)
vulnerabilities are a fact of life, software patches and upgrades must be systematically evaluated and implemented.
That fact leaves very few tenure - track positions available to postdocs, and leads to a system in which multiple
postdocs are a fact of life.
Negative
reviews are a fact of life when you are dealing with the internet in general and readers who are hiding behind anonymity.
For instance, because of limited distribution and lack of marketing, low
sales are a fact of life in this kind of publishing.